Britain read the handwriting on the wall.

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Britain read the handwriting on the wall.

Mary Anne — 4/16/2004 5:35:25 PM (archived)

One can volunteer reluctantly but still volunteer.

One can lose one's colony the way Britain lost India, or the way France lost Algeria. Britain gave the kid the keys after a long talk. France kept the keys and the kid set the car on fire. It's still burning.

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Y do we give CEASE FIRES.... - Carl - 4/14/2004 4:58:30 PM
- A cease fire is never entered into or kept unless it is deemed to be in the tactical best interests of both parties. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/14/2004 10:06:21 PM
- What alternative do you suggest? - Mary Anne - 4/14/2004 8:17:20 PM
  - re: What alternative do you suggest? - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 6:20:22 AM
    - Bombing till they are all dead, risks more of our troops lives than just letting the bad guys go go (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2004 4:39:03 PM
    - I think Buck has got it right - Mary Anne - 4/15/2004 12:56:46 PM
      - Kindness used as a weapon against us. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:28:27 PM
      - Kindness - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 5:25:13 PM
      - re: I think Buck has got it right - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 4:56:35 PM
  - Alternative - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2004 6:14:25 AM
  - Themselves........ - Carl - 4/14/2004 9:12:50 PM
    - I agree that democracy must be worked for by the people who will be running it... - Mary Anne - 4/15/2004 1:32:17 PM
      - Guerillas - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2004 10:00:07 PM
        
        From sea to shining sea - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 1:29:35 AM
        
        DEMOCRACY IS AN EXPERIMENT - carl - 4/16/2004 3:52:29 PM
        
        READ ABOUT THE GREEKS AND THE ROMANS -- WE ARE THEIR CHILDREN - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 5:16:53 PM
        
        re: Middle East - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 12:25:46 AM
        
        More than Uzis - Mary Anne - 4/17/2004 2:20:01 AM
        
        re: More than Uzis - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2004 3:51:09 AM
      - re: I agree that democracy must be worked for by the people who will be running it... - Odin - 4/15/2004 6:11:39 PM
        
        Define "unfavorable" - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 1:36:40 AM
        
        In this context, coercive - Odin - 4/16/2004 5:04:07 AM
        
        Britain read the handwriting on the wall. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 5:35:25 PM
      - Different times. different weapons, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.... - carl - 4/15/2004 6:04:03 PM
        
        re: Different times. different weapons, same DNA.... - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 1:42:30 AM
        
        Not KILL or be KILLED for the SPORT of it - carl - 4/16/2004 3:58:13 PM
        
        All righty then... - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 5:28:55 PM
        
        So, these RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS - CARL - 4/18/2004 3:49:42 PM
        
        Hijackers, cell phones, past behavior and present knowledge - Mary Anne - 4/18/2004 6:08:33 PM

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